This is a shortened version of Adele Pham’s thought-provoking documentary on the rise, struggle, stereotypes, and steady hold Vietnamese-Americans have on today’s eight billion dollar nail industry.

2. I Can’t Be Your Superman Music Video(4 min.)

Director Maegan Houang tells a surreal tale about a manicurist who is forced to resort to unconventional methods to fight off gangsters in the nail salon in which she works in this short film/music video hybrid.

3. Painted Nails Documentary(57 min.)

In this feature-length documentary, directors/producers Erica Jordan and Dianne Griffin follow Van Nguyen, a nail salon owner and worker in the Mission District of San Francisco, who becomes a resolute activist in the fight to regulate chemicals in personal care products, advocating for the safety of nail salon workers and their clientele after she herself suffers health issues.

Panelists on The Nail Industry, a Legacy and Continued Activism

There will be ten people on the Q&A panel after the screenings:

From #NailedIt Documentary:

Thuan Le, one of the Original 20 Vietnamese nail techs

Dusty Butera, the first nail instructor for the Original 20 Vietnamese nail techs

We’re really excited for Viet Film Fest this year and can’t wait to see this year’s films. If you take a look at Viet Film Fest’s trailer, you’ll see a clip of our friend, Kelvin St. Pham, who appears in #NailedIt: Vietnamese & the Nail Industry.

Viet Film Fest takes place April 14-17, most screenings will take place at AMC Orange 30 in Orange, Calif. For more information, visit www.vietfilmfest.com.